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How-To Guides

Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI Tools: How to use ChatGPT

A series of guides part 2 of 4 In this second chapter of the Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI Tools: A series of guides, we build upon our introductory post where we looked at how to prompt. If you have not done so already, we’d recommend reading our first blog post Part 1 of […]

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How-To Guides

Empowering Educators by Harnessing Generative AI Tools: Navigating Prompt Roles

A series of guides part 1 of 4 Diving into AI tools can sometimes feel a bit daunting, to help, we’ve created a blog series that aims to empower educators by providing them with the knowledge they need to use these tools effectively. First, we will look at how to get the most from prompting. […]

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Student perceptions

AI: Empowering Inclusive Education

This guest post is authored by Nalina Brahim-Said. Nalina is a current master’s student at the University of Bolton focusing on inclusive education in the UK curriculum and integrating AI for SEN and neurodiversity. In the context of education in the UK, the pursuit of equity should be prioritised to ensure that all students have […]

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Product Pilots

Jamworks Pilot Launch

We are excited to announce the launch of our next pilot project, in which colleges and universities will get the chance to use Jamworks – a platform that uses AI to transform lecture recordings into well organised notes and interactive study materials – between January and May 2024.  We are now encouraging expressions of interest […]

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Examples of AI in education

Establishing a Resource Hub for AI Success Stories in Education

Recent discussions with our community have emphasised the importance of sharing best practices and promoting successful examples of AI use in education. Following this feedback, we are looking to create a comprehensive resource, showcasing AI use from across Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) institutions that we hope will benefit our members.  We are […]

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Product Pilots

Kicking off our HE TeacherMatic Pilot

Jisc’s National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education (NCAITE) has again teamed up with TeacherMatic. This time we want to investigate how the generative AI tool TeacherMatic works with our Higher Education members. The aim is to evaluate how the use of the generative AI tool can be used to create teaching and learning content […]

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Examples of AI in education

Google Gemini – Initial Thoughts

  You may have picked up on some of the hype around Google’s Gemini last week, and some of the controversy over the slightly fake video.  They also released a 60-page technical report.  I thought it might be useful to pick up some of the key facts from the report, and some thoughts about what […]

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Product Pilots

FeedbackFruits Pilot Launch

We are excited to inform you of the launch of our next pilot project, in which colleges and universities will get the chance to use FeedbackFruits – a platform that uses AI to improve students’ academic and professional writing styles by automating feedback on structural elements like citation, academic style, grammar, and structure, leaving teachers […]

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Advice and Guidance

Debunking Myths and Harnessing Solutions: Navigating generative AI in Education

Generative AI is a part of AI that creates new content from text, images, or speech. You can use generative AI tools for many purposes. They can create questions, lesson plans, summaries, feedback, or ideas for project titles. We must address and overcome the myths, challenges, and limitations of generative AI. In this blog post, […]

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AI in Education Community

Discussing AI safety with the FE community

On Tuesday 28th November we held our first AI in FE discussion clinic, with just over 50 members from around the UK joining us online to discuss issues around AI safety in FE.   AI Safety in FE  The first half of our session was led by Senior AI Specialist, Paddy Shepperd, who gave a […]